A Review of the Research on Suicide Among Men in the Middle Years (2 credit hours)
Program Summary: This course examines current research on suicide among men in the middle years. Special consideration is given to issues facing men in the criminal justice system, gay, bisexual and transgender men, and veterans. Risk factors are explored, including issues of mental health, alcohol and drugs, chronic medical conditions, economic factors, and cultural expectations about masculine identity. Protective factors are discussed as well.
This course is recommended for social workers, counselors, and therapists and is appropriate for beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels of practice.
Course Reading: Preventing Suicide Among Men in the Middle Years: Recommendations for Suicide Prevention Programs / Chapter 3 A Review of the Research on Suicide Among Men in the Middle Years. For test questions, please go to Chapter 3 starting on page 21 of the reading.
Find the reading at: http://www.sprc.org/sites/default/files/resource-program/SPRC_MiMYReportFinal_0.pdf
Publisher: The Suicide Prevention Resource Center
Course Objectives: To enhance professional practice, values, skills, and knowledge by identifying key issues related to suicide among men in the middle years
Learning Objectives: Describe how suicide affects men in the criminal justice system, GBT men, and veterans. Identify risk factors for suicide among men in the middle years. Describe cultural expectations about masculine identity. Identify protective factors for suicide among men in the middle years.
Free State Social Work, LLC, provider #1235, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Free State Social Work, LLC maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 9/6/2021 - 9/6/2024. Social workers completing this course receive 2 continuing education credits.
Free State Social Work has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP NO. 6605. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Free State Social Work is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
G.M. Rydberg-Cox, MSW, LSCSW is the Continuing Education Director at Free State Social Work and responsible for the development of this course. She received her Masters of Social Work in 1996 from the Jane Addams School of Social Work at the University of Illinois-Chicago and she has over 20 years of experience. She has lived and worked as a social worker in Chicago, Boston, and Kansas City. She currently practices in the area of hospital/medical social work. The reading materials for this course were developed by another organization.